Bill Text: NY S04863 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 4863 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to establishing a municipality's liability for negligence when any contact is made by anyone on behalf of an injured party to a municipal representative.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-03 - REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT [S04863 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S04863-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4863
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      March 3, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  DIAZ  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
        AN ACT to amend the general municipal  law,  in  relation  to  municipal
          liability for negligence
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Ariel's Law".
     2    § 2. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new section 50-o
     3  to read as follows:
     4    § 50-o. Municipal liability or negligence if a  witness  contacts  the
     5  municipality. In an emergency situation where an injured party is unable
     6  to  act on his or her behalf, a special relationship with a municipality
     7  shall be established for the purposes of a  negligence  claim  when  any
     8  individual,  regardless  of  his  or her relationship to the individual,
     9  places a call or any other form of contact to a  representative  of  the
    10  municipality  pertaining  to the occurrence of the injury.  It shall not
    11  be required that the injured party be aware or  have  knowledge  at  the
    12  time that the call or contact was made on his or her behalf.
    13    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06338-01-7